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Mrs. Charles Harcourt provides both specific and general guidance for “good form” in social settings.

In Gems of Deportment, published in 1881, we find a description of child rearing that makes certain gendered distinctions.

Afternoon tea owes its existence to Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford.

The visiting-card was once ubiquitous, an expectation for making social connections.

A Gentleman - I knew him for a gentleman by signs that never fail.

The gentleman is lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior not in any manner dependent and servile, either on persons or opinions or possessions.

At Home and Abroad; or, How to Behave, provides etiquette advice for all sorts of occasions.

Published in 1913, The Art of Entertaining for All Occasions offers seasonal entertaining ideas.

The 1836 social guide, L’Art de Briller en Société outlines the various rules, spoken and unspoken, of social success.

There are many expectations around wedding etiquette that can be difficult to navigate.